Drivers passing through West Palm Beach had better smile. The city will be installing 52 new red-light cameras at 25 intersections. And the cost of getting caught is $125.

"The goal is to make the intersections safer for drivers, for people in the intersection and just safer overall," said city spokesman Elliot Cohen.

Advertisement

The new cameras will go to busy intersections like Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard at Congress Avenue and 45th Street at Military Trail. The company that installs these systems, American Traffic Solutions, said its red-light cameras have helped decrease accidents at those intersections by 50 percent in the state of Florida.

“The reality is that it's a common-sense thing," said Cohen. "Everybody drives. Everybody knows if they come up to an intersection with a red-light camera, they're going to stop and not run that light."